• Peter Gould tells Variety, “I love Gene. I’m fascinated by Gene. I love Bob as Gene. We have no plans, but I think there’s a really good chance you’re going to be seeing a lot more of Gene.”

• Bob Odenkirk, interviewed by Screen Daily, says Jimmy, vs. Saul, “is the more whole person who is experiencing the moment like a real person does. He doesn’t have a manufactured personality.”

• BuzzFeed recommends Better Call Saul because the “acting is sublime, the cinematography stunning, and, better still, a fourth season is with us next year.”

• IndieWire commends Michael McKean, saying his portrayal of Chuck is “so fully realized and believable and human that, at times, you almost forget what a terrible, loathsome person he is.”

• Mic deems “Chicanery” one of the year’s best episodes because Michael McKean is “at his most devastating in this episode’s closing moments as he goes on a winding, heated rant about Jimmy that leaves everyone in court agape.”

• Ranking Better Call Saul as one of 2017’s best, Business Insider says all the show’s performances “are Emmy-worthy, particularly Bob Odenkirk, who continues to impress with his ability to be funny and dramatic.”

• The Young Folks hails “Chicanery,” describing it as “far and away the best episode yet of Better Call Saul (and arguably better than any episode of Breaking Bad).”

• Digital Trends calls Hector one of TV’s best villains, characterizing him as “threatening, subtly intimidating, fiercely protective of the organization, and willing to stop at nothing to maintain control.”